At long last, I am the envy of my colleagues. You see, as part of the Covad Blogger Relations program, I have now been availed of a T1 line streaming into my house.
Verizon came out a few weeks back and replaced a box on the side of my house. Once completed, the installer, a convivial gentleman by the name of Darryl Richardson came by the house, ran the cabling from the box into the house, plugged in the Cisco 1720 router, and… nothing.
Turns out there was a problem with the Verizon circuit. So Darryl sent a trouble ticket and said he’d be back once the circuit was repaired.
Sure enough, the Verizon van rolled up two days later.
Several days afterwards, Darryl returned to finish the installation. He turned to set up the router and… nothing.
In the end it turned out to be a problem with the router itself. Luckily Darryl had a spare in his car, and once installed, we were up and running!
I haven’t had the chance to spend any time with my new high-speed connection, and I am really looking forward to checking out the capabilities of having a T1 at home.
